Frame for combined mowing and binding machines



T. RKZHTER Feb. 25, 1930.

FRAME FOR COMBINED MOWING AND BINDING MAGHiNES Filed July 20, 1925 lnvenfar Theodor liicllfer Patented-Feb. 251.1930 i e:

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' na m THnonoR RICHTER, OF'SPANDAU, GERMANY rRAME'roncoi/rmnm vrowme Ann BINDINGKMACHINES' Application filed July 20, 1925, Seria1 No. 44,923, and in Germany November 7, 1924.

This invention relates to further im:

provement inthe frame which forms the subject of my'Patent No. 1,567 ,299, granted Dec.-

29, 1925 and which consists of four single- 5 piece main members pressed from sheet metal 2 and with the main shaft journaled in bearing shells also integrally pressed outof the material. The characteristic feature'of the present invention lies in the fact that theimain members lying transverse to the working direction of the machine are prolongedbeyond the members lying in the working direction of the machine and enclosing the driving wheel,

7 and are there provided with pressed out bearing shells for the crank and chain Wheel shaft, while the member carried by the land wheel is also pressed from sheet metal and with its rear end engages in a bend of the appurtenant main member. The novel con- 'struction simplifies theframe and improves the journalling of the driving gear units,

' thereby providing the foundation of a machine of this kind which is at the same time cheaper and more reliable in use than any hitherto produced.

The accompanying drawing shows an ex- 1 ample of the invention; the figures show two perspectlve vlews whereof:

Figure 1 shows the frame stripped .30 Fig. '2 shows the frame with the most important driving gear units assembled thereon v J Inthe drawings, aand a? indicate the two single-piece pressed ,main members 1 lying shaft which is journaledin the pressed-out bearing shellse of the pair of'members b, c.

The latter also serve for journalling the Y chine comprising, in combination, two longidriving wheel j, which by means of sprocket "wheel j r and a chain (not shown) can be I raisedor lowered in a;hoop-,shaped'guide k I Taccording to whether themachine is to be 1 carriedv by the wheel 7' for operation in the 0 field, or for journeying to orfrom the field, in

direction.

which latter case it rests upon special wheels 2 (not part of this invention and not shown on the drawing) and moves in a longitudinal According to the invent-ion the members a and a are prolonged outwardly beyond the member band at these parts are formed with shaft as This is provided at one end with a crank 0 for operating the cuttingknife, and at the other end with'a chain wheel 1) which pressed bearings m,'which serve totake the drives all the remaining movable parts ofthe machine, such as the conveyor band, the

winder, the knotter, and'so on. The transj mission of power between the main shaft h driven from the main. wheelj by chain and chain wheel 1" andthe, shaft-h, is effected by means of a bevel wheel pair s. n The frameis still further improved inthat :the' frame portion 10 c arryingtheland wheel I *t' is produced from a pressedsheet member.

Thisengages with its reduced rear end in a lies upon the knife beamcarrier a andensures rigidity and therewith-faultless opera- 4 tion of the cutting off device.

* bend of the member a, while its forward end v The arrangement of the pressed member does not PIB SUPPOSQ fihQLGXiSiDGIIOG of the bearing portions. m integral with the mem bers a, at, or viceversa,

Iclaim: p 1. A frame for amowing and binding machine consisting of two longitudinalmemhere, two members located transversely thereof and rigidly connectedthereto', lugs pro-- jecting, beyond the'longitudinal members and,

integral with corresponding ends on one side ofboth transverse members projecting be yond the longitudinal members for carrying the crank and chain shaft a cranked portion to'one of said transverse members and a member connecting the ends of said transverse members for carrying a land wheel.

2. A frame fora'mowing and binding matudinal members disposed in the-direction of 7 ,travel ofthe machine, a driving wheel jour nalled in hearings in said longitudinal meming beyond the longitudinal members and integral With-corresponding ends of both transverse members said lugs projecting beyond a longitudinal member, a crank and chain shaft carried by said lugs, a cranked portion to one of said transverse members and a third 10ngitudinal member connecting the ends of said transverse members and adapted to carry a land Wheel.

THEODOR RICHTER. 

